1. Google Analytics Blocking
Traffic from Spam Sites
By: Errett Cord
Email: ecord@ecord.us
Twitter: @errettcord

2. 1. Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders – (Admin > View
Settings)
Google Analytics provides a facility to filter the bots “bot filtering” where
you can block no-human referral traffic. It has two steps.
– Go to “admin”
– Click on “view settings”
– Check the box of bot filtering (as shown below)

4. 2. Admin Filter (Admin > Filter > New Filter) – You can block any domain name.
Use these four steps.
– Go to “admin” part
– Click on “filters” (see it in the image 2)
– Create “new filter”
– Follow steps according to image 3
(Create New Filter > Filter Name > Filter Type > Filter Field > Filter Pattern)
Make sure you are using the correct url an incorrect url will not block or filter any
spam bots.

7. 3. Add Referral Exclusion – (Admin > Property (Referral Exclusion List) >
Add Referral Exclusion) – Add referral exclusion is also a good solution.
Here you can Block specific web page URL and their subdomain. It has 4
steps.
– Go to Admin
– Click on referral exclusion
– Add referral exclusion
– Put exact URL detail
If you are bothered by same URL regularly than “referral exclusion” is very
helpful and works perfecty (See image for detail)

9. Note: Using the “Referral Exclusion List” can change the session to look
like a “Direct Visit”.